The meeting is in two parts. As in any association
there is a certain amount of administrative procedure - minutes of last meeting,
proposing and balloting for new members, discussing and voting on financial
matters, election of officers, news and correspondence. Then there are the
ceremonies for admitting new Masons and the annual installation of the Master
and appointment of officers. The three ceremonies for admitting a new Mason
are in two parts - a slight dramatic instruction in the principles and lessons
taught in the Craft followed by a lecture in which the candidate's various
duties are spelled out.